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Containers at the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 28, 2025. Ethan Cairns/Bloomberg via Getty Images China on Saturday announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian agricultural goods, hitting back after Ottawa slapped import duties on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products. Beijing said a 100% tariff would be imposed on…

Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 23, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention center in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel…

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday condemned the act of vandalism at the BAPS Hindu Temple in California, United States. It called upon the local law enforcement to take “stringent” action against those responsible and to ensure adequate security to places of worship.  MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, responding to media queries regarding the…

Residents walk along the damaged foreshore of Nobby’s Beach located on the southern end of the Gold Coast on March 7, 2025. David Gray | Afp | Getty Images Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred lingered off the south-east Australian coast on Saturday and forecasters said Brisbane is likely to miss the worst of the storm, a relief…

With rising incomes and a willingness to spend, Generation Z could have a profound impact on the economy and the market. The cohort’s global income levels are expected to increase from $9 trillion in 2023 to $36 trillion around 2030 and $74 trillion by 2040 — the largest of all generations, Bank of America said…

The United States has issued a travel advisory on Friday, warning its citizens against travel to the immediate vicinity of the India-Pakistan border and the Line of Control (LoC) because of “terrorism and the potential for armed conflict”.  The advisory also cautioned against travelling to Balochistan Province and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province, which include the…

Aerial view of self-propelled jack-up wind power installation platform “Huaxia Honghu 01” after being delivered at CIMC Raffles’ Yantai construction base on March 6, 2025 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s national consumer price index (CPI) in February fell into negative territory for the first time…

The death toll from two days of violent clashes on Syria’s coast has risen to more than 1,000, including nearly 750 civilians, according to a war monitoring group cited by AP. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday that the violence, one of the deadliest outbreaks since Syria’s war began 14 years…

Faithfuls light candles for Pope Francis at Piramide de Mayo monument during a Torchlight March in support of the health of Pope Francis on March 7, 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tobias Skarlovnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images Pope Francis is showing a “good response” to his treatment in hospital for double pneumonia…

A BAPS Hindu Temple located in Chino Hills, California was vandalised with discretionary messages, days ahead of a so called ‘Khalistani referendum’ in Los Angeles. The official page of BAPS for the United States shared the details of the incident on the social media platform X. It also stressed that they will “never let hate…